Seletar Dam, Rower's Bay 19Feb25

From KH

At Seletar Dam, a pair of Great-billed Herons were courting, but photobombed by a Javan Myna.

Pacific Swallow showing how it can independently control the nictitating membrane of each eye.

Jellyfish swimming in the strait.

At Rower's Bay Park, 5 Masked Lapwings were chilling out on the rocks.

Asian Brown Flycatcher chilling out on a tree.

Asian Openbills eating snails along Seletar Club Road.

Marina East 29Dec21

From KH

I continued today at Marina East from yesterday's search for Siberian House-Martin, but still no luck. Nice to see Watercock and Baillon's Crake.

Can you spot the shy Greater Painted-Snipe?

White-breasted Waterhen chick was much bolder!

Medium Egret caught a Garden Supple Skink.

Little Egret ready to strike.

A flock of 13 Masked Lapwings.

Tweeddale morph Oriental Honey-Buzzard looking for honey?

No martin, but got Eastern Red-rumped Swallow.

I was shooting this Dingy Bushbrown and didn't realized that there were Anoplodesmus saussurii millipedes on the left and an ant on the right until after reviewing the photo.

Similarly, too focused on shooting this Common Bluetail and did not see the ant at the bottom right.

The other insects caught on my sensors were Henosepilachna ladybird and Common Scarlet.

The common plants here: Broad-leaved Carpetgrass and Mimosa.

White Leadtree.

Water Dead-and-Awake.

Rower's Bay, Seletar Dam 27Sep20

From KH

Decided to go Seletar Dam for wader watching. But, first up, at Rower's Bay, a couple of juvenile Yellow-vented Bulbuls were begging for food.

And here's a female Blue Sprite resting on Pink Kopsia Kopsia fruticosa.

1. Masked Lapwing 2
2. Little Tern 1
3. Little Egret 4
4. Common Tailorbird 1
5. Barn Swallow 1
6. Yellow-vented Bulbul 3 - 2 juveniles begging adult for food
7. Javan Myna 10
8. Olive-backed Sunbird 1 - Male

At the dam, there wasn't much, so I entertained myself with the plants and insects. There're Purple Cleome Cleome rutidosperma (left) and Ivy Gourd Coccinia grandis (right).

Male Coastal Glider (left) and male Blue Sprite (right).

A well-camouflaged Pygmy Grass Blue.

1. Zebra Dove 2
2. Common Sandpiper 2
3. tern sp. 1- Not little flew towards reservoir
4. Gray Heron 1
5. Little Egret 2
6. Striated Heron 3
7. House Crow 3
8. Barn Swallow 1
9. Javan Myna 15

Back at Rower's Bay, I got a male Common Bluetail. Notice it looks similar to the male Blue Sprite, but the amount of blue on the thorax and abdomen are much less.

A Great Eggfly.

A cute male Ashy Tailorbird.

Female Olive-backed Sunbird on Red Leea.

House Crow with nesting material.

And friendly introduced Masked Lapwing.

1. Masked Lapwing 5 - Introduced
2. Little Tern 6
3. Great Egret 1
4. Little Egret 30
5. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
6. Red-breasted Parakeet 1 - Heard
7. Black-naped Oriole 1- Heard
8. Common Iora 1 - Heard
9. House Crow 2 - Carrying nesting material
10. Ashy Tailorbird 1
11. Barn Swallow 5
12. Javan Myna 30
13. Olive-backed Sunbird 2 - Pair

Rower's Bay, Seletar Dam 12Sep20

From KH

Dropped by Rower's Bay and Seletar Dam for a look-see today.
Not many birds at the beginning. Just a House Crow, 3 Common Tailorbirds, 2 Pacific Swallows, 3 Javan Mynas and a Olive-backed Sunbird.

There were many other animals around though, such as these damselflies - male Blue Sprite and female Common Bluetail.

Similarly, lots of dragonflies, like these male and female Coastal Gliders striking their typical posture.

Male Common Scarlets showing the distinctive black stripe down the tail.

Arguably the most common dragonfly here: Dancing Dropwing.

Here's a butterfly, Common Tit, on a Cat Eye.

Beware of Red Dwarf Honey Bees!

These guppies hid in the shallow water.

Away from this hungry Red-eared Slider, which was devouring a dead fish.

At Seletar Dam, the only wader was a Common Sandpiper...

Raptor-wise, a lone Osprey was far far away in Johor Strait.

1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) 1
2. Spotted Dove 2
3. Zebra Dove 2
4. dark swiftlet sp. 1
5. Common Sandpiper 1
6. Gray Heron 1
7. Little Egret 1
8. Osprey 1
9. Collared Kingfisher 1
10. Black-naped Oriole 1
11. Common Iora 1 - Heard
12. House Crow 20
13. Barn Swallow 1
14. Asian Glossy Starling 1
15. Javan Myna 10
16. Olive-backed Sunbird 1 - Male
17. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 10

Back at Rower's Bay, saw 3 Masked Lapwings, one of them showing off its wing spur.

Here's a pair Collared Kingfishers guarding their turf.

Finally, some Swinhoe's White-eyes in Weeping Bottlebrush to round it all up.

1. Spotted Dove 1 - Heard
2. Masked Lapwing 3
3. Common Sandpiper 1
4. Little Tern 3
5. Collared Kingfisher 2 - Pair
6. Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker 1
7. Black-naped Oriole 1 - Heard
8. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
9. Brown Shrike 1
10. Common Tailorbird 1 - Heard
11. Pacific Swallow 2
12. Swinhoe's White-eye 10
13. Javan Myna 10
14. Olive-backed Sunbird 4